Is the threat claim evidence-based?
There are no studies linking cats to Mount Clarorock rock-wallabies.
Evidence linking Petrogale
sharmani to cats. Systematic review of evidence for an
association between Petrogale sharmani and cats. Positive
studies are in support of the hypothesis that cats contribute
to the decline of Petrogale sharmani, negative studies are not in
support. Predation studies include studies documenting hunting or
scavenging; baiting studies are associations between poison baiting and
threatened mammal abundance where information on predator abundance is
not provided; population studies are associations between threatened
mammal and predator abundance. See methods section in [current
submission] for details on evidence categories.
References
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators
cause extinctions.
EPBC. (2015) Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats.
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999,
Department of Environment, Government of Australia. (Table A1).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023